“I didn’t ask you to dance. I said you look fat in those pants”

A classic failed pickup line—and snarky response—is:
 
Man: Do you want to dance?
Woman: No!
Man: I think you misheard me. I said you look fat in those pants.
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1992.
 
       
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Pickup Line List wanted!
Dr. Snake Voivod
11/20/92
(...)
Heres a beaut..
 
Excuse me.. want to dance?
(if she says no, then say..)
Maybe you didn’t hear me.. I said you look really fat in those pants!
 
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The Classiest Pickup Lines
The Brothers Grimm (Wayne and Ez-E)
1/6/93
(...)
How about this classic, “Would you like to dance?” and if/when the person says no reply “No, I said you look FAT IN THOSE PANTS!”...
 
okay.. lame.. but hey..
 
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Paul Dineen
11/17/93
Backup for a failed pick-up line:
“Do you want to dance?”
“No.”
“I didn’t ask you to dance.  I said ‘You look fat in those pants’”.
 
Google Books
101 of the World’s Most Effective Pick-Up Lines
By Keith Allen and Anthony Ferrari
Santa Barbara, CA: Gray Area Press
1997
Pg. 60:
Excuse me… would you like to dance? No!
No… I said you look fat in those pants.
 
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Would you like to dance?
Bjorn-Ivar Sigbjornsen
11/2/98
(...)
A guy goes up to this girl in a bar and says, “Would you like to dance?”
 
The girl says, “I don’t like this song, but even if I did, I wouldn’t dance with you.”
 
The guy says, “I’m sorry, you must have misunderstood me, I said you look fat in those pants.”
       
Listverse
Top 10 Pick Up Line Rejections
JAMIE FRATER NOVEMBER 17, 2007
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Man: Do you want to dance?
Woman: No!
Man: I think you misheard me. I said you look fat in those pants.
 
Urban Dictionary
I said, you look fat in those pants!
An effective rebuttal used by a man who has just been denied dancing privileges with the woman of his choice in a noisy club.
Man (yelling over the music): “DO YOU WANT TO DANCE?”
Woman (with a disgusted look on her face): “Not a chance!”
Man: “WHAT? NO. I SAID, YOU LOOK FAT IN THOSE PANTS!”
#rebuttal #one-liners #phrases that will get you slapped #club related #dance
by What the ? February 22, 2006
 
Twitter
dizzypixel
‏@dizzypixel
has a great line for tonight - “Hi would you like to dance?” “No.” “I’m sorry you mis-heard me I said you look fat in those pants!” Hah!
6:35 PM - 15 Aug 2008
 
Google Books
Jokes, Quotes, and Other Assorted Things
By Stephen Motway
Xlibris Corporation (Xlibris.com)
2010
Pg 310:
A guy goes up to this girl in a bar and says, “Would you like to dance?”
 
The girl says, “I don’t like this song, but even if I did, I wouldn’t dance with you.”
 
The guy says, “I’m sorry, you must have misunderstood me. I said you look fat in those pants.””
 
Thought Catalog
MARCH 4, 2016
50 Brilliant Sarcastic Jokes That Will Crack You Up When You’re Feeling Snarky
Mélanie Berliet
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5. Would you like to dance? No? You must’ve misheard me. I said you look fat in those pants.
 
Twitter
Lex
‏@AlexisAlvarez34
“I didn’t ask you to dance I said you look fat in those pants”
9:28 PM - 23 Jun 2016